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- UniVBE(tm) - The Universal VESA BIOS Extension
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- Version 5.1
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- Copyright (c) 1993-1995, SciTech Software, Chico, CA.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- UNIVBE v5.1, the Universal VESA BIOS driver, makes super VGA cards
- compatible with VESA BIOS Extension (VBE 2.0) programming standards so
- that games, CD-ROMs, utilities and other applications will work properly
- (and faster) in high resolution modes. It also includes chip detection,
- power management, monitor centering and compatibility & performance
- testing utilities. It now supports over 160 different SVGA chips (see list
- below). NOTE: VESA VBE is a software standard, so even if you have a PCI
- graphics card, you still need to load a VESA VBE driver; VBE is different
- from VESA Local Bus.
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- It just makes your graphics run better
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- Computer games and other interactive applications (e.g. AutoDesk Animator,
- Links/386, MS Flight Simulator, the 7th Guest and *many* others) use the
- VESA VBE standard to interface with your graphics card. UniVBE helps solve
- compatability and performance problems associated with VBE graphics on
- many different Super VGA cards on the market. In addition, since it
- supports the new VESA VBE 2.0 standard, UniVBE can make applications
- written to take advantage of VBE 2.0, significantly faster by using
- protected mode access to the graphics card. UniVBE is the first product
- that will let you take advantage of the power of VBE 2.0.
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- Supported Chips
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- The following is a list of supported SuperVGA families, and chipsets
- within each family. If your graphics chip is on this list, and it probably
- is, it can be detected by UniVBE. You may not see any "board vendors" like
- Hercules, Genoa, Orchid, STB etc, but their products actually use chips
- from the manufacturers on this list, so UniVBE will work perfectly with
- those VGA boards too. See UNIVBE.TXT for any technical notes on your
- particular chip.
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- . Acer Labs ALi CAT-32/64
- . Ark Logic ARK1000VL, ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV
- . Avance Logic AL2101/2201/2228/2301/2302/2364 SuperVGA
- . Ahead V5000A, V5000B
- . ATI Technologies 18800, 28800, Mach32, Mach64
- . Chips & Technologies 82c45x, 655xx, 643x0 WinGine
- . Cirrus Logic CL-GD62xx, 5402, 5422/4/6/8/9, 5430/4
- . Cirrus Logic LCD CL-GD64xx
- . Compaq IVGS/AVGA, QVision QV1024/1280
- . Diamond Viper P9000+W5186/OAK87 VLB and PCI
- . Everex Viewpoint, Viewpoint/NI, Viewpoint/TC
- . Genoa Systems GVGA
- . Hualon HMC86304/14
- . IIT AGX-010/11/14/15/16/17
- . Matrox MGA Atlas
- . MXIC 86000/86010 SuperVGA
- . NCR 77C20/21/22E/32BLT
- . OAK Technologies OTI-037C/057/067/077/087
- . Paradise/Western Digital PVGA1A, WD90C1x/2x/3x
- . Primus 2000 SuperVGA
- . RealTek RTG3103/3105/3106 SuperVGA
- . S3 86c911/924/801/805/928/864/964/866/868/968/Trio32/Trio64
- . Sierra Semiconductor Falcon/64
- . Trident 88/8900/9x00/8900CL/8900D/9200CXr/9400CXi/9420DGi/9440AGi
- . Tseng Labs ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p
- . UMC 85c408/18
- . Video7 VEGA, HT208/209/216
- . Weitek 5086/5186/5286, P9100
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- File Descriptions
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- If you received the complete UniVBE shareware package, you should have the
- following files when you unzip the main archive file (UNIVBE51.ZIP):
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- FILE_ID.DIZ BBS Archive Description
- README.TXT Extended Archive Description
- ORDER.TXT Product ordering information
- INSTALL.EXE DOS Installation & Setup Program
- BIN.001 A zipped library of UniVBE utilities
- DOC.001 A zipped file containing the documentation
- DOS.001 A zipped library with UniCenter
- DOS.002 A zipped library with DOS DPMS utilities
- WIN.001 A zipped library with Windows screen saver
- UNZIP.EXE Unzip program used by INSTALL
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- Installing the Software
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- UniVBE comes with its own install program which will automatically unzip
- the remaining files into a directory that you select. It will
- automatically detect the type of chip you have and prompt you before it
- makes any changes to your system configuration and you have the option not
- to make any of the changes.
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- NOTE: Unzip the files into a temporary directory with a name *other*
- than C:\UNIVBE, as install will automatically attempt to install
- to C:\UNIVBE.
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- Printing the documentation
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- If you have a word processing program such as Microsoft Word or
- WordPerfect, you can load the 'Rich Text Format' version of the UniVBE
- documentation called UNIVBE.RTF into your word processor and print out a
- fully formatted manual for UniVBE. Alternatively you can read the plain
- ASCII text version of the documentation (UNIVBE.TXT) online using a text
- editor and/or print it to any plain ASCII text printer.
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- Documentation : UNIVBE.TXT, UNIVBE.RTF
- Keywords : SciTech,VGA,SVGA,games,VBE,VESA,graphics,driver
- Previous Dnlds : 10,145+
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- Where to get the latest version
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- You can always get the latest version of UniVBE from the following places:
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- Internet/FTP : ftp.scitechsoft.com
- World Wide Web : http://www.scitechsoft.com
- Compuserve : GO VESA (file library 12)
- America Online : Keyword VESA
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- How to contact SciTech Software
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- If you have any questions or queries about UniVBE, feel free to contact
- SciTech Software as follows:
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- Technical Support
- SciTech Software
- 5 Governors Lane, Suite D
- Chico CA, 95926-1989
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- Phone: 916 894-8400
- Fax: 510 208-8026
- Internet: support@scitechsoft.com
- Compuserve: 100237,2213
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